每日英语单词17:summit


今日单词

summit

n.  顶点; 高层会议; 最高阶层;

adj.  最高级的; 政府首脑的;

形近词

 

 

submit

vi.  顺从,服从; 甘受,忍受;

vt.  使服从,使顺从; 提交; [法]主张,建议;

summon

vt.  传唤,召唤;  鼓起(勇气);  传讯(出庭);  [军]劲降,招降;

commit

vt.  犯罪,做错事;  把…托付给;  承诺,使…承担义务;  

sunlit

adj.  阳光照射的; 日耀;

summer

n.  夏,夏天;  全盛时期,adj.  夏季的;

v.  度过夏季,避暑;  

近义词

peak;acme;top;




summit  
英[ˈsʌmɪt]   美 [ˈsʌmɪt]  CET6 | 考研 | IELTS | TOEFL
n.  顶点; 高层会议; 最高阶层;
adj.  最高级的; 政府首脑的;
① (N-COUNT) (政府间的)峰会,首脑会议
 A summit is a meetingat which the leaders of two or more countries discuss important matters.
● ...next week's Washington summit. 
下周的华盛顿峰会
● ...the NATO summit meeting in Rome. 
在罗马举行的北约峰会
② (N-COUNT) 山顶;顶峰 
The summit of a mountainis the top of it.
● Snow gleamed on the summit of Mount Simon. 
西蒙山山顶白雪皑皑。
 
形近词:
1、submit
英 [səbˈmɪt]   美 [səbˈmɪt]  CET4 | CET6 | 考研 | IELTS | TOEFL | GRE
vi.  顺从,服从; 甘受,忍受;
vt.  使服从,使顺从; 提交,呈送; [法]主张,建议;
词根:sub下面+mit送,放出→送下去→submit屈服
① (VERB) 顺从;屈服;投降;被迫接受 
If you submit to something, you unwillingly allow something to be done to you, or you do what someone wants, for example because you are not powerful enough to resist.
● In desperation, Mrs.Jones submitted to an operation on her right knee to relieve the pain... 
绝望之际,琼斯夫人只好同意在其右膝上做手术以减轻疼痛。
● If I submitted to their demands, they would not press the allegations. 
如果那时我答应他们的要求,他们就不会坚持那些指控了。
② (VERB) 提交,递呈(建议、报告或请求) 
If you submit aproposal, report, or request to someone, you formally send it to them so that they can consider it or decide about it.
● They submitted theirreports to the Chancellor yesterday... 
他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
● Head teachers yesterday submitted a claim for a 9 per cent pay rise. 
校长们昨天提交了一份要求加薪 9%的声明。
 
2、summon
英 [ˈsʌmən]   美[ˈsʌmən]  CET6 | 考研 | IELTS | GRE
vt.  传唤,召唤;鼓起(勇气); 传讯(出庭); [军]劲降,招降;
词根:sum下面+mon警告→summon从下面把人警告[命令]上来
① (VERB) 召唤;传唤;召见 
If you summon someone,you order them to come to you.
● Howe summoned a doctor and hurried over... 
豪叫了医生,然后匆忙赶了过来。
● Suddenly we were summoned to the interview room... 
突然我们被叫进了面试的房间。
② (VERB) 鼓起(勇气);振作;使出(力气) 
If you summon aquality, you make a great effort to have it. For example, if you summon the courage or strength to do something, you make a great effort to be brave or strong, so that you will be able to do it.
● It took her a fullmonth to summon the courage to tell her mother. 
她用了整整一个月才鼓足勇气告诉了妈妈。
 
3、commit
英 [kəˈmɪt]   美 [kəˈmɪt]      CET4 | CET6 | 考研 | IELTS | TOEFL | GRE
vt.  犯罪,做错事; 把…托付给; 承诺,使…承担义务;
词根:hum土,地+ility状态→地的状态→谦让;低下   
① (VERB) 犯(罪);做(坏事) 
If someone commits acrime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
● I have never committedany crime... 
我从来没犯过罪。
● This is a man who has committed murder. 
这是一个杀人犯。
② (VERB) 自杀 
If someone commits suicide, they deliberately kill themselves.
● There are unconfirmed reports he tried to commit suicide. 
有未经证实的报道说他曾企图自杀。
③ (VERB) 拨出,调配(资金、资源等) 
If you commit money orresources to something, you decide to use them for a particular purpose.
● They called on Wester nnations to commit more money to the poorest nations... 
他们呼吁西方国家向极端贫困国家投入更多的钱。
● The government had committed billions of pounds for a programme to reduce acid rain... 
政府已经给一个旨在减少酸雨的方案拨了几十亿英镑。
④ (VERB) 承诺,保证(做);忠于(某人) 
If you commit yourself to something, you say that you will definitely do it. If you commit yourself to someone, you decide that you want to have a long-term relationship with them.
● I would advise people to think very carefully about committing themselves to working Sundays... 
我建议大家慎重考虑一下答应周日工作的问题。
● I'd like a friendship that might lead to something deeper, but I wouldn't want to commit myself too soon... 
我希望拥有一份能进一步发展的友谊,但又不想太快作出承诺。
⑤ (VERB) 明确表态 
If you do not want to commit yourself on something, you do not want to say what you really think about it or what you are going to do.
● It isn't their diplomatic style to commit themselves on such a delicate issue... 
对这样一个微妙的问题明确表态并非他们的外交风格。
● She didn't want tocommit herself one way or the other. 
不管怎样,她都不想明确表态。
⑥ (VERB) 把…正式送进(医院、监狱等) 
If someone is committed to a hospital, prison, or other institution, they are officially sent there for a period of time.
● Arthur's drinking caused him to be committed to a psychiatric hospital. 
阿瑟由于酗酒被送进一家精神病医院。
⑦ (VERB) (英国)把…提交高等刑事法庭 
In the British legal system, if someone is committed for trial, they are sent by magistrates to stand trial in a crown court.
● He is expected to becommitted for trial at Liverpool Crown Court. 
预计他会被移交利物浦高等刑事法庭。
 
4、sunlit
英 [ˈsʌnlɪt]   美[ˈsʌnˌlɪt]  TOEFL
adj.  阳光照射的;日耀;
词根:sun阳光+lit照亮→被日光照射了的
① (ADJ) 阳光照耀的;阳面的 
Sunlit places are brightly lit by the sun.
● Her house has two bigsunlit rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows. 
她的房子有两间向阳的带落地窗的大屋子。
 
5、summer
英 [ˈsʌmə(r)]   美[ˈsʌmɚ]  CET4 | CET6 | 考研
n.  夏,夏天;全盛时期,
adj.  夏季的;
v.  度过夏季,避暑;
① (N-VAR) 夏天;夏季
Summer is the season between spring and autumn. In the summer the weather isusually warm or hot.
● I escaped the heatwavein London earlier this summer and flew to Cork... 
今年初夏我逃离了伦敦的炎热,飞往科克去避暑。
● It was a perfect summer's day. 
那是一个美好的夏日。
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